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170 WITH LYON IN MISSOURI
· ton fervently. - " Oh, this miserable, this unnatural
strife! Lawrence, like you, I have had a battle with
myself. Do you think it has not caused me pain to
give up my country, the flag I once so loved? But
the decision is made. As long as there were hopes
of justice being granted the South, I was for the
Union, but the fanatics of the North would not have
it so. The South is out for good; Missouri's place
is with the South. Henceforth the Confederate
States of America. is my country; the Stars and
Stripes is to me a foreign flag."
" To me," said Lawrence, "~ he old flag repre-sents
everything dear, but that will make no differ-ence
in my love to you and yours. I believe you
have decided according to what you think right. r
shall always think so. And, uncle, let us part in
peace. Whatever may come, let there be no war, no
hate, between us personally."
" Peace it shall be, my boy. You know the his-tory
of that sword there," and he pointed to an old
sword hanging in a conspicuous place on the wall.
" Yes, uncle, it is the sword of which every Mid-dleton
is so proud, ' The Sword of Bunker Hill.''''
" Yes, the sword your great- grandfather wore o~
that bloody day. He was among the last to leave
the trench. A British soldier sprang over the
works, and snatched at a flag. This sword found
its way to his heart, and seizing the flag, your great-grandfather
bore it back. Warren fell by his side.

170 WITH LYON IN MISSOURI
· ton fervently. - " Oh, this miserable, this unnatural
strife! Lawrence, like you, I have had a battle with
myself. Do you think it has not caused me pain to
give up my country, the flag I once so loved? But
the decision is made. As long as there were hopes
of justice being granted the South, I was for the
Union, but the fanatics of the North would not have
it so. The South is out for good; Missouri's place
is with the South. Henceforth the Confederate
States of America. is my country; the Stars and
Stripes is to me a foreign flag."
" To me," said Lawrence, "~ he old flag repre-sents
everything dear, but that will make no differ-ence
in my love to you and yours. I believe you
have decided according to what you think right. r
shall always think so. And, uncle, let us part in
peace. Whatever may come, let there be no war, no
hate, between us personally."
" Peace it shall be, my boy. You know the his-tory
of that sword there," and he pointed to an old
sword hanging in a conspicuous place on the wall.
" Yes, uncle, it is the sword of which every Mid-dleton
is so proud, ' The Sword of Bunker Hill.''''
" Yes, the sword your great- grandfather wore o~
that bloody day. He was among the last to leave
the trench. A British soldier sprang over the
works, and snatched at a flag. This sword found
its way to his heart, and seizing the flag, your great-grandfather
bore it back. Warren fell by his side.